August 2021 5 Republican anti vax talk show hosts telling people not to get vaccinated or wear masks died of covid. 5!!!
Conservative radio hosts all across America are losing their lives for the cause. In the past month alone, five talk radio personalities who were vocal COVID-19-deniers, anti-vaxxers, or anti-maskers have all died after contracting the virus. Most recently was WNDBâs Marc Bernier, a late Daytona, Florida, talk radio host who dubbed himself âMr. Anti-Vaxâ in December while assuring his listeners âIâm not taking it.â True to his word, Bernier contracted COVID-19 roughly three weeks ago and his death was
announced over the weekend by his radio stationââwhich had awkwardly acknowledged his on-air âanti-vaccineâ commentary just before his passing. (WNDB was contacted for clarification regarding its COVID-19 safety policies but the station did not respond.)
Though it might be assumed some right-wing media figures are simply feeding into the anti-vax frenzy to gin up outrage and ratings, the spate of recent deaths makes clear that, for a number of them, opposition to safe, effective vaccines and other pandemic mitigation efforts isnât just talk. Such radio rants against efforts to stop the pandemic come as
Republican men, a large segment of the talk radio audience, have been shown to be particularly resistant to getting vaccinated.
On August 4, Newsmax fill-in host and longtime conservative talker Dick Farrel
diedfrom a âsevere damageâ from COVID-19 after
spending the last weeks of his lifeclaiming that the vaccine is âBogus Bull [Shit],â referring to the pandemic as a âSCAM DEMIC,â and suggesting that the delta variant is an elaborate ruse orchestrated by
Anthony Fauci to keep Americans fearing for their lives. âWhy take a vax promoted by people who lied [to you] all along about masks, where the virus came from and the death toll?â he wrote in a July 3 Facebook post. Upon contracting the virus, Farrel was suddenly not willing to die for his previously held convictions, as one of his close friends,
Amy Leigh Hair, claimed that he encouraged her to get the shot shortly before his death, saying that COVID-19 âis no joke and then he said: âI wish I had gotten [vaccinated]!ââ
But instead of taking scientifically backed precautions beforehand, Farrel opted to ask his Facebook followers if âhydroxychloroquine from Canadaâ is safe in early July after stating, âWhen a gubberment denies u access to HCQ [itâs] obvious they want you dead.â It appears that Farrel was convinced that masks and vaccines werenât saving Democratic politiciansââor âdummy craps,â as he called themââfrom COVID-19, but rather that they had access to hydroxychloroquine while banning others from taking it.
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